[0.12.21] Construction robot hanging around

[pawel.dawidowski]

Hi,

I've ordered construction of a concrete on huge area. It went off after some time as expected. When I've returned to the place construction robots are hanging around, where they suppose to return to the roboport. Save in attachment.

[daniel34]

Moved to Not a bug.

The robots didn't place down the concrete fast enough, therefore the ghosts timed out. The robots then wanted to return to the roboport, but still carried concrete around which they need to store first. They can't, because there are no storage chests in your logistics network, so they just wait mid-air.

Solution: Place down some storage chests, the robots will immediately move.

[ssilk]

We had this kind of "bug" now several times, it should be fixed, like when I click on such a hanging bot I see a message which says something like "Need a storage chest to put items in" or so.

[Koub]

Or a warning message (like when your turrets are attacked) saying "storage missing for bot".

[ssilk]

I'm not sure if that is a good idea, because it might be intentional by the player to place no chests (and there might be other methods in the future?). But yes, it might be better like so, cause it works then like the rest of the game, and if really needed it can be fixed later.

[Kirk]

Just have it place it regardless of the missing ghost, unless the player specifically deleted the ghost.